Tag: Websites & Apps

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, October 9 (game #220)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages…

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Your free Internet is coming to an end and there’s nothing you can do about it

It’s a miracle that the free Internet lasted as long as it did. It’s been nearly 30 years of mostly unfettered, free content access to everything from magazine articles and newspapers to videos and recipes. The steady devolution of the online advertising business made free online content an economic equation…

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, October 1 (game #212)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages…

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Flappy Bird reboot will never match the awfulness of the original and that’s a problem

Flappy Bird set the bar (or rather pipes, placed randomly) for mobile game simplicity. Between that and its bizarrely high level of difficulty, it created a devilish blend of game-playing compulsion I have rarely seen, before or since.  When indie developer Dong Nguyen launched it in 2014, it was almost…

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Use WhatsApp on your Mac? You should download this major upgrade now before the old one stops working

If you use WhatsApp on macOS, you may find that you have to redownload the app on your device very soon, as while the older WhatsApp app remains available, Meta (WhatsApp’s parent company) has confirmed that this version is due to be discontinued. The older version of WhatsApp is built…

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Microsoft is adding AI features to Clipchamp to help you make movie magic

Clipchamp, the successor to Windows Movie Maker from Microsoft, gives you the ability to edit videos in a very accessible and less intimidating interface – and now, Microsoft is bringing AI to the app. The video editor already has quite a few great features, and now its feature line-up is…

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